Grade 12 Burmese Language - Gingamala Jataka Play Vocabulary Review

Comprehensive vocabulary list and definitions from the Burmese Grade 12 textbook covering the Gingamala Jataka play terms.

ကရောကပါး

To act hurriedly or in a great rush.

ကာမဂုဏ်

Sensual pleasure or objects of desire that one yearns for.

ကာမဂုဏ်ငါးရပ်

The five sensual objects consisting of sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.

ကောလိုက်တဲ့ကံ

Poor or weak results of past actions; bad karma.

ကံမျက်စိလယ်(လည်)လို့ မျှ

A metaphor stating that good karma has lost its way and did not even reach the water carrier's wife.

ကိုးဌာနဘုံ

The classification of the $31$ planes of existence into $9$ planes based on the body, form, and rebirth consciousness.

ကိုးမျက်စုံ

Adorned with all $9$ types of precious gems.

ကောက်လျင်

An early-ripening rice variety that matures in $140-150$ days and is harvested faster than other rice types.

ကင်းဝတ်လှည့်

To patrol or move around to watch for the movement of thieves or enemies.

ကန္တာရ

A difficult, rough, or treacherous journey.

ကုမ္ဘဏ်

A type of celestial ogre or demon.

ကုံလုံ

To be complete, sufficient, or wealthy.

ကိုယ်လုပ်တော်

A king's concubine who serves him; ranked below the queens but higher than minor attendants.

ကျိကျိတက်

Having an extremely large amount of money.

ကျိုးရာမဲ့သီး

Without benefit or useless.

ကျတ်တွင်း

A salt lick or pit in the forest where wild animals go to lick salt.

ကျိုင်း

An umbrella-like royal insignia with a long handle used by kings and high officials.

ကြငှန်း

The throne or palace.

ကြက်မခွပ်

Extremely small, insignificant, or very few.

ကြိတ်စာ

To perform a task with great perseverance and determination.

ကြိမ်

To meet or encounter by chance.

ခုတင်ခု

Frequently or repeatedly.

ခုနစ်ချောင်းညှို့

The $7$ fundamental tones used in playing the harp.

ခန်းဝ

A place, area, or location.

ချောပို့

The act of relaying passengers or goods from one station to another along a route.

ချက်ကောင်း

A good opportunity or a decisive point that leads to success.

ချွတ်ခြုံ

To be extremely poor, enough to have to use a wrap for a garment.

ငါးကွင်းဥသျှောင်

A celestial being with $5$ topknots; the harp-playing Pancha-shikha deva who serves Sakka.

စကားဖန်

Manipulating, expanding, or interjecting words into a conversation.

စရိယ

Conduct, practice, or behavior.

စာဂ

Generosity or the act of charity.

စက်စုံ

The royal feet.

စင်းလုံးချွတ်

In its entirety or completely.

စစ်စစ်ပေါက်ပေါက်

Thoroughly, meticulously, or with extreme frugality.

စွန့်ခြင်းငါးရပ်

The $5$ great sacrifices: wealth, wife, children, limbs, and life.

ဆိုင်းပေါင်ကျိုး

A carrying frame with broken wooden supports at the base.

ဆန်တွင်းကနက်လွန်းလို့

A phrase meaning that making a living is extremely difficult.

ဆုံးပါး

To pass away or die.

ဇာတာထွန်းပေါ်

To have good fortune or luck.

ဇေယျတု

A blessing for success, meaning "May you be successful."

ဇင်ဂလယ် (ဂျင်ဂလယ်)

A small country or mini-province.

ဇမ္ဗူ

Jambudipa, the island located to the south of Mount Meru.

ဇမ္ဗူမင်းစံ

Exemplary gold of the Jambudipa island.

ဇမ္ဗူမှာရှားလွန်းလို့

Extremely rare in the whole world.

ညာဇမ္ဗူမော်

Famous throughout the entire southern island of Jambudipa.

တစ်ဆိတ်စာ

An insignificant amount or a tiny portion.

တထီးလွှားလွှား

Struggling or working with great exertion and hardship.

တဏှာ

Craving, desire, or attachment.

တရကြမ်း

Violently or intensely.

တလတွန်း (တရတွန်း)

Continuously or with great force.

တာငန်း

Distance or measurement of length.

တာဝတိံသာ

Tavatimsa, the second of the $6$ celestial planes.

တူရူ

Directly in front or facing forward.

တောင်တာ

A long and distant journey.

တစ်ရှူမနား

Without any stopping or pause.

တန်း

A detention cell or place where suspects are held during investigation.

တယ်ကရ

Carelessly or without respect.

ထူး

Leg shackles or chains used to control the movement of elephants.

ထဲသံရည်ရော်

To focus the mind or concentrate intensely.

ဒလဟော

Unobstructed, at full speed or with great momentum.

ဓမ္မတာ

Nature or the way things naturally occur.

နရက်

Hell (Naraka).

နိဒါန်းသွယ်လို့

Due to a connected cause or reason.

ပဆစ်အိမ်

A female sarong with so many patches it resembles cowry shell patterns.

ပါရမီ

Perfections or virtues cultivated throughout successive lifetimes.

ပီလော

A plant with sticky leaves used in making clear soup.

ပူဆာညှိုးခွေ

Feeling disheartened or withered because one's desires are not met.

ပက္ကလာ

A long hooded cover made of bamboo/leaves worn by farmers to protect the head and back from rain or sun.

ပေါက်ပေါက်ရှူရှူ

Successfully or properly.

ပေါင်းလန်

Overflowing from a container such as a boat, cart, or basket due to great quantity.

ပစ္စုပ္ပန်

The present time or the current life.

ပတ်ကြမ်းတီး

Playing the drum (pat-ma) loudly during battle or fight scenes in a play.

ပတ်တိတ်လို့ပိန်း

To be completely finished or finalized.

ပိတ်ပိတ်ပျောက်

To disappear completely.

ပျံ့ပျူး

Pleasant or delightful.

ပြာသာဒ်ဘုံပျံ

A multi-tiered structure that appears to be flying upward.

ပြက်သိကာ

A very small amount; just enough to be said to exist.

ပြောင်း

Millet or sorghum grains.

ဖွတ်မင်းနောင်

One so poor they could be the elder brother of the monitor lizard king.

ဗရပျစ်

Mixed together in a cluttered or entangled manner.

ဗလချာ (ဗရချာ)

Tattered, ragged, or of poor quality.

ဗေလုဝစောင်း

The name of the harp belonging to the Pancha-shikha deva.

ဗောဓိဆုယူ

Praying for the prize of enlightenment (Buddhahood).

ဗောဓိသတ်

A Bodhisatta or Buddha-to-be.

ဗုဒ္ဓကို

A Buddha-to-be.

ဘရံတောက်တီး

Meaninglessly or aimlessly.

ဘဝဂ်

The highest plane among the $31$ planes of existence.

ဘိသိက်ပွဲ

A coronation or consecration ceremony involving the pouring of water.

ဘောက်စရာ

What for; for what reason.

ဘုန်းကံဆောက်ဦ

Meritorious support that builds great glory and power.

ဘုန်းဟေ့

An honorific address for one who possesses great glory.